bini

See also: Bini, bînî, and bíniʼ

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Malay bini, from Proto-Malayic *bini, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binahi (“woman, wife”).

Noun

bini

1. wife

Betawi

Etymology

Inherited from Malay bini, from Proto-Malayic *bini, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binahi (“woman, wife”).

Noun

bini

1. wife

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiniʔ/ [ˈbi.n̪iʔ]
• Hyphenation: bi‧ni

Noun

binì (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜈᜒ)

1. modesty; daintiness
2. charm

   Synonym: karinyo

Derived terms

• kabinian
• mabini
• magbini

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bini, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binahi (“woman, wife”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.ni/

Noun

bini

1. wife

Usage notes

• If reduplicated as bini-bini, it means female.

Antonyms

• laki (“husband”)

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bini, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binahi (“woman, wife”); compare Urak Lawoi' บีนี (bini), Jarai bơnai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.ni/

Noun

bini

1. wife

   Antonym: laki

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay bini, from Proto-Malayic *bini, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binahi (“woman, wife”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbini/ [ˈbi.ni]
• Rhymes: -ini
• Syllabification: bi‧ni

Noun

bini (plural bini-bini)

1. (now colloquial) wife

   Synonym: istri

   Antonyms: laki, suami

Further reading

• “bini” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Noun

bini m

1. plural of bino

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.niː/, [ˈbiːniː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ni/, [ˈbiːni]

Numeral

bīnī

1. inflection of bīnus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Usage notes

See usage notes at binus.

References

• “bini”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bini”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• bini in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be absolutely ignorant of arithmetic: bis bina quot sint non didicisse
    
  • (ambiguous) to lend at 24 per cent.[TR1: binis centesimis fenerari
    

Lindu

Noun

bini

1. tuft; cluster

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bini, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binahi (“woman, wife”); compare Urak Lawoi' บีนี (bini), Jarai bơnai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.ni/

Noun

bini (Jawi spelling بيني, plural bini-bini, informal 1st possessive biniku, 2nd possessive binimu, 3rd possessive bininya)

1. wife

   Synonym: isteri

   Antonyms: laki, suami

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• berbini [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Further reading

• “bini” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maltese

Root
b-n-j
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بِناء (bināʔ). The final -i either by influence of binja or as a relict of word-final imala, for whose existence in older Maltese there is good evidence (it may have been lost through influence of the Romance feminine -a); compare also biki from Arabic بُكاء (bukāʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪ.nɪ/

Noun

bini m (plural binjiet)

1. (uncountable) the act of building
2. Synonym of binja (“a building, structure”).

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin bene. Compare Romanian bine, Aromanian ghini.

Adverb

bini

1. well

See also

• bun

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

• bin (synonym)

Etymology

From Spanish venir and Kabuverdianu ben.

Verb

bini

1. to come

Tagalog

Etymology

See also Bikol Central bini, Malay bini, and Brunei Malay bini.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbiniʔ/ [ˈbiː.n̪ɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -iniʔ
• Syllabification: bi‧ni

Noun

binì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈᜒ)

1. modesty; coyness

   Synonym: hinhin

Derived terms

• kabinian
• mabini
• magpakabini
• pabini
• pabinian

See also

• binibini
• biniboy
• lakambini

Further reading

• “bini”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 420: “Meſurado) Bini (pp) y ſoſegado”
  • page 426: “Modeſto) Bini (pp) ſoſegado y repoſado”
  • page 527: “Repoſado) Bini (pp) en todas ſus coſas”

Turkish

Noun

bini

1. accusative singular of bin
2. third-person singular possessive of bin

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bàdɪ́.

Adjective

-biní

1. two

Inflection

Adjective concord, tone LH

	modifier		copulative
	positive	negative	positive	negative
1st singular	endimbini	endingembini	ndimbini	andimbini
2nd singular	ombini	ongembini	umbini	awumbini
1st plural	esibabini	esingebabini	sibabini	asibabini
2nd plural	enibabini	eningebabini	nibabini	anibabini
class 1	ombini	ongembini	mbini	akambini
class 2	ababini	abangebabini	babini	abababini
class 3	ombini	ongembini	mbini	awumbini
class 4	emibini	engemibini	mibini	ayimibini
class 5	elibini	elingelibini	libini	alilibini
class 6	amabini	angemabini	mabini	awamabini
class 7	esibini	esingesibini	sibini	asisibini
class 8	ezimbini	ezingezimbini	zimbini	azizimbini
class 9	embini	engembini	imbini	ayiyimbini
class 10	ezimbini	ezingezimbini	zimbini	azizimbini
class 11	olubini	olungelubini	lubini	alulubini
class 14	obubini	obungebubini	bubini	abububini
class 15	okubini	okungekubini	kubini	akukubini
class 17	okubini	okungekubini	kubini	akukubini